1937-D 3 Legged - Real? Cleaned? Grade? Fake? You judge.

This is my opinion only, Buy the coin you want. You have to live with it or not. but does it really matter what we all say?

I think this is what you wrote on the bottom.

("To find the true value of your investment be it coins or currency, research the current price people on the open market are willing to pay for it through internet sites like heritage.com, ebay, or even shows. Forget guides and dealer's opinions when it comes to getting the true value of your investment.")

Good night, Cheryl

 

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Should I add public's opinions to that too?

lol..

Well, you're right and the general tenor of most people on forums is one of overly cautious / highly skeptical / sometimes even borderline negative & preachy.

I guess ppl have to be this way to protect themselves from all the fraud that goes around but I'm afraid some people just live in this fear that everything uncertified = bad or a bad idea.

Sometimes we need a true expert to call a spade a spade and case closed.. but I notice instead we get lots of grey area, mystery, and uncertainty. Goes to show you, we all are students of the game. No one person is more know how than the other, unless it's Mark Feld

 

Real, AU58 details, GENUINE, questionable color ( if your photos are color balanced).

Jim

Most people only look at the reverse. Significant identifiers also on the Obverse.

 

BNB
You have some very experienced folks here trying to help you. You must be willing to learn.

 

looks real but clean, nice coin wish I had money to own one.Will you take payments?:hammer:

Carl

 

It looks buffed to me, I think PCGS would not grade it but I could be wrong.

 

Based on the images, it looks like a genuine AU example that has been (lightly)cleaned.

 

Come on Jack,

The charade is over. He figured it out! We don't really want to help him. We are all here to simply disagree with everything he says, tell him he is wrong, question his knowledge, and preach to satisfy our own egos.:headbang:

 

The coin has all the markers of a genuine example, but surface condition can't be assessed accurately from the images. By all means take 'calculated risks' if you like, I would rather know what I am getting and avoid the hassle of returns, standing in line at the Post Office, and so forth. True "rips" on raw coins exist on eBay, but are few and far between. Maybe the o.p. should look at a thread I started based on my own experiences: http://www.cointalk.com/t61651/

As for the seller of the nickel under discussion, the feedback would give me some reason to pause: http://toolhaus.org/cgi-bin/negs?User=keydatecoin&Dirn=Received+by

 

......i guess it's just me but the pics are too small for me to comment on this coin.

 

Anyway, before I sent any payment I mentioned these concerns to the seller and he canceled my order saying the following:

"I have decided to return your paypal payment for the item because I think it might be cleaned I can guarentee that its genuine because it has the proper diagnostics for a genuine 1937 d 3 legged but uncertain if it has been cleaned. I DONT THINK THIS COIN'S FOR YOU."


So, there we go.

 

I am not surprised. Hastily looking through the seller's current offerings, a number of the ones presented as 'BU' or 'MS-something' are in my opinion cleaned and/or circulated.

 

I will agree with what the others have said. This is most definitely a genuine coin.

That being said. It has most definitely been cleaned at some point as well and is upgradeable.

You asked "why would someone clean a coin with that much detail?"

Lets see...unattractive toning, subdued luster, dirt, because they like their coins "shiny", To try to fool people into thinking the coin is nicer then it is, PVC haze (some people scrub them because they dont know the proper way to get it off.) There are a bunch of reasons but it doesn't matter.

There are some people here who I consider to be the crem della crem of the collecting world with more experience in their right foot then a lot of people have in their entire collecting experience.

Your getting a lot of flack because you have posted a lot of coins in the past week. Personally I wouldn't own most of the coins you have posted unless they were at a large discount. We aren't trying to dog you, but I have seen a hundred guys with a bunch of money in their hand wanting to buy coins just throw it into the fire because they are all whizz and vinegar to buy some coins now. We are most definitely not here to try to dog you into submission, we are just trying to help you, and possibly save you a little money.

 

I think I've learned a very valuable lesson from this experience. I never would have learned it if I never made the attempt, so thank you all, for this very valuable nugget of wisdom. I was playing hardball with dealer from day one even though we have history. I asked him all the questions like "why isn't the coin certified" etc.. finally, he knew i wasn't a dummy. now the search continues for a slabbed nice shiny 1937-d 3 legger, 1909-s vdb, and finally.. a 1908 d no motto st. god bless

 

http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=29094&Lot_No=26579#Photo

Is $1667+ fair now days for a 1908-d no motto with gold prices running up?
On Aug 30th the coin went for as low as $1495 but gold also wasn't at the level it was at currently.

 

I would say that price seems a little high. Scroll down on that page two 63s sold for less just a week ago, and gold was only a few bucks less.

Lot Date Grade Service Realized Auction 1129, Lot 9268 Sunday, September 13, 2009 63 PCGS $1,552.50 Auction 1129, Lot 9267 Sunday, September 13, 2009 63 PCGS $1,495.00

 

Very nice!!!:kewl:

 

I agree real
rear leg detail and under buffalo area have the right look
please ignore wrong thread